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$50K Lottery Scratcher Sold At Maryland Sheetz
If at first you don't succeed... Just keep scratching. A Maryland man turned a $5 Money Money Money ticket into $50,000, though not before he lost on three previous tickets during a stop at Sheetz in St. Mary's County. The lucky winner said that he purchased four tickets at Sheetz in the 22700 block of Three Notch Road in California, but fate had a little fun with him before his unexpected windfall, which topped his previous top prize of $500. “I scratched one and scanned it, not a winner; two, not a winner; three, not a winner. The fourth one said ‘Go to the Lottery,’” he said, notin…
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Million-Dollar Scratch-Off Lottery Win Brings Family To Tears In Maryland
A spur-of-the-moment stop to a Howard County Walmart brought a former Maryland Lottery player back to the game, and he's now celebrating a million-dollar win with his family. After taking a step back and not playing an instant Lottery ticket in months, a Severn man said that a random trip to the store and a memory of his last big win landed him in a new tax bracket after winning the top prize playing 100X The Cash game. “I stopped playing a while back for two reasons,” the grocery store produce manager explained. “I hadn’t been having much luck, and my wife hinted that maybe I was spen…
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Rare Severe Geomagnetic Storm Watch Issued For First Time In Nearly 20 Years
You may soon get a view of a rare spectacle. According to the NOAA National Weather Service's Space Weather Prediction Center, a series of solar flares and coronal mass ejections (CMEs) began on Wednesday, May 8. CMEs are explosions of plasma and magnetic fields from the sun’s corona. Space weather forecasters have issued a Severe (G4) Geomagnetic Storm Watch for the evening of Friday, May 10. It's the first time a G4 Watch has been issued since January 2005. The watch says CMEs may linger into Sunday, May 12. Geomagnetic storms can also trigger spectacular displays of aurora (…
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Woman Wins $75K Doubling Down On Lucky Numbers Playing Pick 5 Tickets In Maryland
A Maryland woman turned $1.50 into $75,000 after doubling down on a very specific set of numbers and winning big playing her favorite Lottery game. An Owings Mills woman who says she is a regular Lottery player played her numbers on Friday on two separate Pick 5 tickets, winning the top prize on a $1 ticket and a 50-cent ticket. She hit on both, good for a total of $75,000. She said that her numbers are comprised of the date of death of her boyfriend’s father, and on the night of the drawing she "was very excited to learn that she had two big winning tickets," according to Lotte…
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DC Driver Tops $20K Virginia Lottery Win With $50K Windfall In Maryland
A DC driver who stopped at a Maryland 7-Eleven to pick up Lottery scratchers before picking up a customer in Baltimore won a $50,000 prize. An anonymous Lottery player going by the moniker "H.B.," a regular Lottery player who travels throughout the DMV region for his job, is feeling lucky following his latest win, though he is no stranger to five-figure wins. "H.B." said that he drives all over Maryland, Virginia, and DC for his work, and he occasionally stops by certain stores to grab scratch-of tickets in each jurisdiction. His visit to the 7-Eleven on North Point Boulevard in Balt…
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'Positive Vibes' Land Maryland Man $300K On Six Top-Prize Winning Lottery Tickets
A positive outlook on life led a self-described Prince George's County "jack-of-all-trades" six top-prize winning Maryland Lottery tickets good for $300,000, he says. The lucky winner delivered six jackpot-winning Pick 5 tickets to Maryland Lottery Headquarters in Baltimore, where he collected the biggest total claimed at one time in the twice-daily game this year. He says that he is "convinced (the win is) a product of his unique outlook on life." “I’m just a regular guy, live a regular life, so it’s not like I can do that much,” the husband and father told Lottery officials. “…
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Beloved Potomac Horse Center To Close Over Lease Renewal Debate
A beloved recreational spot in Montgomery County for families and horse lovers alike is set to close this summer, but its patrons are not going down quietly. Hundreds have signed a petition to save the Potomac Horse Center (PHC) after it was announced that it would be closing its doors in July. The last day will be on Monday, July 22, though lessons will continue as scheduled through June 16, which marks the last day of its Late Spring session. "Since 2017, PHC has tried to renegotiate its 1993 lease with the Maryland-National Capital Parks and Planning Commission, (and) the tipping point …
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Maryland Woman Scratches Her Way To $100K Lottery Win After Three Decades
A lifelong Lottery player from Baltimore with a penchant for certain scratch-off tickets had her loyalty pay off after cashing in on a $100,000 Crossword game. "Jane" - who chose to remain anonymous - says that she enjoys playing crossword-themed scratchers to remind her of her youth was rewarded with a $100,000 top prize on her latest ticket. According to the Lottery player, she has been purchasing tickets for more than three decades, and she prefers scratch-off tickets with particular themes. On the day "Jane" picked up the golden ticket, she went to the Stadium Amoco station in Ba…
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Dessert Enthusiast Enjoying $30K Piece Of Maryland Lottery Pie
Life is a little sweeter for a self-professed dessert lover from Baltimore who won a five-figure prize playing a Maryland Lottery scratcher. Brenda Richardson is known among friends and family for her baking skills, but now she will be known for her Lottery Luck after winning a $30,000 top prize playing a Bonus Crossword scratch-off ticket. The Baltimore nurse says that she purchased the golden ticket at Tobacco Stop on Chesaco Avenue in Rosedale, where she regularly picks up scratchers, though there was something special about her winner. Richardson said that she picked up the last …
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Dump Truck Driver Severely Burned Saving Son From Fiery Maryland Crash Facing Long Recovery
Friends and well-wishers are rallying around a courageous mother who sacrificed herself to rescue her young son from a fiery crash on I-495. Scheracon Roberts and her son Aarihimis Brown were driving last month in a dump truck on I-495 near Maryland Route 4 when it blew a tire for unknown reasons and veered into the opposite lanes. The truck flipped, caught fire, and at the same time, an SUV attempted to avoid the crash and overturned. According to the organizers of a GoFundMe for the family, Roberts was able to get her son out of the truck with an assist from a Good Samaritan, …
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Newly Minted Maryland Millionaire Shocked By $2M Scratch-Off Lottery Win
A stop for gas and short trip to pick up a Lottery ticket at an area liquor store made a Baltimore County man Maryland's newest millionaire after he won big on a scratcher. The trip to Busy Bee Restaurant, Bar and Liquors in East Baltimore will be memorable one for an occasional Lottery player from Windsor Mill, who claimed a $2 million prize after playing a 200X The Cash scratch-off ticket. Busy Bee Restaurant, Bar and Liquors at 4502 Erdman Ave. in Baltimore Google Maps street view "I didn't think it was real, and I still don't think it is real," the lucky lotto player, who chose…
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Stunned Business Owner Still Shocked At $50K Maryland Lottery Scratch-Off Win
A business owner who likes to relax after a long day of work with some scratch-off Lottery tickets can kick up her shoes and take a breather after claiming a $50,000 prize this week. Bowie resident "Bren Bren," a veteran Lottery player who enjoys her scratchers is feeling lucky after picking up a $50,000 Cash ticket that led to a five-figure jackpot. The woman says that she's been playing the Lottery for at least three years, but only when she gets the itch and is feeling lucky, though she told officials that the $50,000 win is something she could not have imagined. According to "Bre…
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